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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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M. - Males.
WELFARE OF THE BLIND - REGISTRATION. As at 31/3/4-0.
| Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | (i) Total of all are Groups | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-16 | 16-21 | 21-40 | 40-50 | 50-65 | 65-70 | 70 & over | (ii) Age unknown. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | |
| (i) | 181 | 222 | 403 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 30 | 19 | 49 | 48 | 57 | 105 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 49 | 89 | 138 | (ii) | - | 2 | 2 |
Ages at which Blindness Occurred.
| Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period | Age Period unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-10 | 10-20 | 20-30 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50-60 | 60-70 | 70 and over | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | ||||||||
| 23 | 15 | 38 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 15 | 17 | 32 | ||||||||
| Normal | Mentally Defective | Physically Defective | Employed | Undergoing Training | (h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| By Blind Organisations | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | All others not included in | Total Employed | Trained But Unemployed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In Schools for the Blind | 3 | (a) | (b) | Professional and University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Schools | Workshops | Home Workers | (a) and (b) | Industrial | Secondary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | |||||||||||||||||
| Not at school | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 12 | 37 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 50 | 17 | 67 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (i) | (j) | (k) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No training but trainable | Unemployable | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 122 | 202 | 324 | 173 | 220 | 393 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||